Polarity and Ferromagnetism in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Copper Perovskites with Chlorinated Aromatic Spacers

Autor: Ceng Han, Alasdair J. Bradford, Jason A. McNulty, Weiguo Zhang, P. Shiv Halasyamani, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Finlay D. Morrison, Stephen L. Lee, Philip Lightfoot
Přispěvatelé: University of St Andrews. School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews. EaSTCHEM, University of St Andrews. Centre for Designer Quantum Materials, University of St Andrews. Condensed Matter Physics, University of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomy
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Chemistry of Materials. 34:2458-2467
ISSN: 1520-5002
0897-4756
Popis: We would like to thank the China Scholarships Council for a studentship to CH. PSH and WZ thank the Welch Foundation (Grant E-1457) and the National Science Foundation (DMR-2002319) for support. Two-dimensional (2D) organic−inorganichybrid copper perovskites have drawn tremendous attention as promisingmultifunctional materials. Herein, by incorporating ortho, metaand para-chlorine substitution in the benzylamine structure, we firstlyreport theinfluence of positional isomerism on the crystal structures of chlorobenzylammonium copper (II) chloride perovskites A2CuCl4. 2Dpolar ferromagnets (3-ClbaH)2CuCl4 and (4-ClbaH)2CuCl4(ClbaH+ = chlorobenzylammonium) are successfully obtained. They bothadopt a polar monoclinic space group Cc at room temperature, displayingsignificant differences in crystal structures. In contrast, (2-ClbaH)2CuCl4adopts a centrosymmetric space group P21/c at roomtemperature. This associated structural evolution successfullyenhances the physical properties of the two polar compounds with high thermalstability, discernible second harmonic generation (SHG) signals, ferromagnetism,and narrowoptical band gaps.These findings demonstrate that theintroduction of chlorine atoms into the inter-layer organicspecies is a powerful tool to tune crystalsymmetries and physical properties, and this inspires further exploration of designinghigh-performance multifunctional copper-based materials. Publisher PDF
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